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Feelings and thoughts do not define who we are; they are just part of the weather of our inner world.

Feelings and thoughts do not define who we are; they are just part of the weather of our inner world.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Weather, Feelings, Who We Are
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Dimensions, Human Condition, Humans

In studying ourselves, we find the harmony that is our total existence. We do not make harmony. We do not achieve it or gain it. It is there all the time. Here we are, in the midst of this perfect way, and our practice is simply to realize it and then to actualize it in our everyday life.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Time, Practice, Perfect
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

Letting yourself simply experience your difficulties without getting caught up in thoughts about how much you dislike them and in wishes that you didn't have to deal with them in the first place will change your experience of difficulties.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Change, Experience, Wish
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

difficulties only become problems when we separate ourselves from them instead of dealing with them directly and wholeheartedly.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Problem, Difficulty, Wholeheartedly
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Moving, Levels, Tasks
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future.

John Daishin Buksbazen
Beauty, Future, Mean
John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.5, ReadHowYouWant.com

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